Re: ISO a good growing ORANGE iris
- Subject: Re: ISO a good growing ORANGE iris
- From: t*@Rt66.com (Tom Tadfor Little)
- Date: Sun, 4 Feb 96 20:47:22 MST
>I don't own a good garden iris that is also a good ORANGE. Oh, a gold here
>and there, that's also a decent garden iris. But, the beautiful, rich,
>deep, luminous ORANGE -- that just isn't there.
>
What? You want color *and* gardenability? What world do you live in, Mike?
>'Hindenburg' by Bill Maryott is our main orange, we also grow his
>'Oktoberfest' but have been less than thrilled by their performance. I will
>admit that when I am asked for a slide of an orange, 'Oktoberfest' is
>always my choice even though it is now coming up on ten years old.
>
I've only tried a few, 'Oktoberfest' plus a couple of Ghio's. 'Oktoberfest'
certainly has the color, and the first year it even grew quite well. The
second year many of the buds were caught by a freeze (not the iris's
fault, the cold snap came at a very odd time), and then when I dug it,
I discovered that there weren't very many new rhizomes--though there
were enough to keep it going, at least.
I *do* recommend that people try 'Oktoberfest' if they want true orange,
but also tell them to keep in mind that the iris was selected for its
color, not for its other qualities.
>So, back to the subject -- does anyone know and grow a true ORANGE that is
>also a good garden iris?
Not I.
Tom Tadfor Little at Telperion Productions
Los Alamos, NM
telp@Rt66.com - - - also at tlittle@lanl.gov
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